Inflammation Pain: Think “Arthritis”

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Hello Reader,

Inflammation is not the enemy. It’s an important part of our immune system keeping us healthy. The problem is that in modern life, it is out of balance and on overdrive. Here are the main drivers of excess inflammation in modern life:

1. The modern diet. This has euphemistically been called the Standard American Diet or SAD. The key problems are that it: 

• Includes as much as 140 pounds of sugar per person yearly, dumped in during food processing. This, and having 18% of our calories coming from white flour, powerfully drives inflammation.
• Has lost most of its omega-3 (often known as fish oils) intake. The balance of omega-3 to other kinds of oils sets the volume on our inflammation system. It used to be that we ate about the same amount of these omega-3 oils as we did other vegetable oils. Now we are getting almost 20 times as many seed and vegetable oils relative to omega-3s.

2. The misguided advice to avoid sunshine. Sunshine is what makes our vitamin D, which regulates our immune system. Low vitamin D is associated with an increase in autoimmune and inflammatory problems, as well as pain. The proper advice? Avoid sunburn, not sunshine!

3. The increased societal tendency to make people afraid and mistrustful of each other. Our immune system takes cues from how we feel. If we feel safe, it settles down. If we’re constantly afraid, it lashes out blindly.

4. Poor sleep. The average night's sleep in the United States until light bulbs were invented was 9 hours per night. We’re now down to under 7 hours on average. This is associated with changes in inflammatory activity and pain perception. 

5. Excess body fat. Excess fat drives inflammation. Being sedentary and eating a high carb diet leads to increased weight.

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